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2023
18
Apr
The “Value” of Volunteerism
Jaye Smith, Team Lead, Robinson Collection Project, Archaeology Southwest
(April 18, 2023) Volunteerism—My first blog on this subject was written for Archaeology Southwest in 2016 as I was finishing up my first stint working with Preservation Archaeologist Aaron Wright on the Lower Gila R...
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2023
30
Mar
What's the Point? Atlatl Loops, the Rarest of the Rare
This is the next post in a series called “What's the Point?” In this series, Allen Denoyer and other stone tool experts explore various aspects of technologies and traditions.
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(March 30, 2023)—Hunters used atlatl...
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2023
22
Mar
Archaeology Southwest at the SAAs, 2023 Edition
Karen Gust Schollmeyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Director, Preservation Archaeology Field School
(March 22, 2023)—Early spring here at our Tucson office means the last of the winter rains, the appearance of spring flowers (and, for me, allergy season), and lots of preparation for the So...
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2023
08
Mar
Why I No Longer Call It “Art”
Aaron Wright, Preservation Anthropologist
(March 9, 2023)—I’ve been thinking about the power of words, especially those pertaining to petroglyphs and pictographs, for quite some time. With the annual meeting of the American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA) taking place in Tucson this w...
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2023
03
Mar
There’s the Buff!
Aaron Wright, Preservation Anthropologist
(March 3, 2023)—A few years ago I shared thoughts and information as I began a journey into the world of Patayan pottery, namely the “Lower Colorado Buff Ware” (LCBW) associated with ancestral Yuman tribes of the lower Gila and lower Colorado Rive...
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2023
28
Feb
Onward, Camp Naco!
Bill Doelle, President & CEO
(March 1, 2023)—On the last weekend of Black History Month, l drove a road I know well but hadn’t traveled since COVID—the road to Camp Naco.
There was an Open House to celebrate Black History Month and to mark grant awards to the City of Bisbee and N...
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2023
27
Feb
Finding Hohokam Social Connections and Boundaries through cyberSW
Christopher R. Caseldine, Alexis Malone, and Emily Lemaster, Arizona State University
(February 27, 2023)—Over the past four decades, the Hohokam region has become fertile ground for understanding social interactions at a large scale. Despite an ever-increasing cultural dataset, the region has la...
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2023
16
Jan
Continued Preliminary Research on the Ray Robinson Collection: The Perishable Assemblage
Jaye Smith, Team Lead, Robinson Collection Project, Archaeology Southwest
Jeffery Clark, Preservation Archaeologist, Archaeology Southwest
Joyce Clarke, Mary Graham, and Phil Hunger, Volunteer Researchers, Archaeology Southwest
(January 17, 2023)—The Robinson Collection Project was ...
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2022
15
Dec
Remodeling the Pithouse at the Huhugam Ki Museum
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(December 15, 2022)—On Saturday, November 5, I drove up to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale for the Huhugam Ki Museum’s anniversary celebration. My job was to help remodel the replica historic...
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2022
08
Nov
The Diné History of Chaco Canyon
Wade Campbell, Asst. Professor, Boston University Dept. of Anthropology & Archaeology Program
(November 8, 2022)—I am a Diné archaeologist whose research explores a variety of Navajo-focused archaeohistorical topics from across Diné Bikeyah—Navajoland—an area that extends beyond the b...
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2022
25
Oct
Unfencing Preservation Archaeology
John R. Welch, Director, Landscape and Site Preservation Program
Skylar Begay, Diné (Navajo Nation), Mandan and Hidatsa, Tribal Outreach Fellow
Ashleigh Thompson, Red Lake Ojibwe Nation, Director, Tribal Collaboration Initiative
Brian Williams, Cherokee Nation, Director, Operations and Fin...
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2022
30
Sep
A New Pithouse for the Presidio
Allen Denoyer, Preservation Archaeologist and Ancient Technologies Expert
(October 2, 2022)—In 2021, we began conversations with Amy Hartmann Gordon, Executive Director of the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum, and Ginger Thompson, Education and Outreach Manager, about what to do with the...
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